Johnny Depp Lifestyle 2018 - Johnny Depp Biography,Quotes,Net worth,The Untold Truth Of Johnny Depp,biography of johnny depp
Johnny Depp Lifestyle 2018 - Johnny Depp Biography,Quotes,Net worth,
The Untold Truth Of Johnny Depp
Over the course of a film and television careerthat's spanned over 30 years, Johnny Depp has played more than a few strange characters. Some have been part of his bizarre collaborativehistory with director Tim Burton, which has seen him become everyone from Willy Wonkato Sweeney Todd, but he's also always marched to the beat of a different drummer by himself. Though he's had a tortured relationship withfame, Johnny Depp is still a master of his craft and an extremely interesting guy toboot. Even after spending all these years in thelimelight, there's still plenty that's been left out of the headlines about the enigmaticactor and musician. This is the untold truth of Johnny Depp. Auspicious start There's a longstanding Hollywood rumor thatJohnny Depp first got his start after his first wife introduced him to her ex-boyfriend,who just so happened to be Nicolas Cage, and Depp has somewhat corroborated the story inhis own words. "Somebody said, 'Well, why don't you go meetmy agent. My agent is Nic Cage.' She sent me to an audition for something,and I got it." Cage reportedly saw something in Depp, andopened some crucial early career doors for him. Soon after, he was cast in his first filmrole in A Nightmare on Elm Street, and with that, he was officially an actor. Making movie magic Thanks to projects like Platoon, Cry-Baby,21 Jump Street, and Edward Scissorhands, Johnny Depp started to boast some clout in Tinseltownin the early '90s. The film he decided to cash his chips in onwas What's Eating Gilbert Grape? So the story goes, then-girlfriend WinonaRyder read Peter Hedges' novel of the same name, and got Depp to read it too. He felt it was a modern day Catcher in theRye and identified strongly with Gilbert, a young man trapped in a small town and saddledwith family responsibilities. "There was some residue with my childhoodthat I connected to that character and with those people." Depp then told director Lasse Hallström aboutthe book, and the two agreed to work on the film before there was even a script in place. Hallström enlisted the author Hedges to workon the script, and the rest was movie history. Sticking to music When Johnny Depp first came to California,he didn't actually intend to be an actor. He was actually in a band called the Kids,who'd been pretty successful around the greater southeast. Depp actually dropped out of high school becauseof the band, and they opened for national acts like the Talking Heads, the Pretenders,and the Ramones. After the band split up, he turned to acting,but Depp never forgot his love for music, and was in the glam band Rock City Angelsbefore making his screen breakthrough. Depp later started the band P with ButtholeSurfers frontman Gibby Haynes. Although they broke up fairly quickly, heremained musically active; most recently, he's been in a band called the Hollywood Vampiresalongside Alice Cooper, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, and Guns N' Roses vets Duff McKaganand Matt Sorum. The members say they've all had brushes withdeath, and Depp in particular seems to feel lucky to be part of the collaboration. Kid friendly By portraying Captain Jack Sparrow in thePirates of the Caribbean series, Johnny Depp got to bring a lot of joy to children bothin and outside of the theaters. He's spent a great deal of his free time suitingup in the character costume to visit children's hospitals and schools, and the reason forhis particular fondness for children has a little something to do with his own experiencesas a father. "They're giving me the gift." "I was the parent when my daughter was illand…" "I've known darkness in my life, but thatwas the darkest period ever." Of course, Jack Sparrow isn't the only characterhe has embodied to bring joy to his youngest fans. In 2016, he acted in The Black Ghiandola,a micro-budgeted movie about a young man who, in the wake of a zombie apocalypse, riskseverything to save the life of his companion. The short movie came together thanks to theMake a Film Foundation, a charity which helps filmmaking dreams come true for kids and teenswith serious medical problems. The film was written by and starred AnthonyConti, a 16-year-old who was stricken with stage 4 adrenal cortical cancer, and Depphappily joined in as one of the film's supporting A-listers. Cinematic chameleon Johnny Depp has tried on so many differentscreen personas that it's entirely possible that even he doesn't even know what he looksor sounds like anymore. Even in interviews, he tends to talk withaffectations that sound like they're from somewhere between Great Britain, Boston, andWonderland. And he also seems to enjoy disappearing intohis roles. "The last thing I want to look like is myself. I've always felt it was important to escape." So, if you ever wondered why he tends to chooseroles that make him virtually unrecognizable, it's because he seems to prefer on-screenanonymity. Even still, he refuses to watch his own moviesanyway. "I've seen only a couple that I've had tosee, like just to check you know the cut or whatever. To make sure the cut was cool." Getting political In addition to making movies and music, Depphas also been known to use his platform to raise awareness for political causes. Alongside several other socially consciousartists, Depp participated in the Voice Project's "Imprisoned for Art" campaign in late 2016appearing in a mugshot to shed light on a Ukranian filmmaker serving a 20 year jailsentence in Siberia. Depp is also no fan of Donald Trump, and appearedin a Funny or Die "lost" movie called The Art of the Deal, based on the Trump book bythe same name. The movie was posted the morning Trump wonthe New Hampshire primary, but Depp's continued to whip out his spot-on impressions on command. "I got a feel for him because he's sensational. Absolutely fabulous." "I told them to build me that wall. I want a sensational wall." If Alec Baldwin ever decides to stop impersonatingthe President on Saturday Night Live, it looks like Johnny Depp could fit right into it. Personal problems As much as he might like to sink into hisscreen roles, in recent years, Johnny Depp's personal life has become a very publicizedroller coaster. He and former wife Amber Heard caused somethingof an international incident in 2015 when they traveled to Australia to film the latestPirates installment and brought along their two Yorkshire terriers. Upon arrival, the couple failed to properlydeclare the animals with customs officials. "Mr. Depp has to either take his dogs backto California or we're going to have to euthanize them." They were forced to return the smuggled animalsto the United States, and Heard pleaded guilty to knowingly producing a false or misleadingdocument for failing to disclose the dogs. The two ended up delivering an awkward apologyvideo, which he was later able to laugh about. "I would really like to apologize for notsmuggling my dogs." But that was just the start of their problems. Their marriage soon after ended in disaster,as the actress claimed that he'd been abusive to her during their relationship. She also alleged that Depp was addicted toalcohol and other substances. Though their divorce was finalized relativelyquickly, Depp's days of making headlines for all the wrong reasons were far from over. Financial woes With over $50 million worth of property andone of Hollywood's most interesting resumes to his name, it was a bit shocking to learnthat Johnny Depp has major money problems. Shortly after his split from Heard, Depp'slegal woes raged on after his attorney and accountant informed him that he was financiallyunderwater. The two reportedly had to make Depp understandthat his income was being outpaced by his spending on luxuries like art, jewelry, wine,property, and the $3.6 million per year he paid his personal staff. Depp finally agreed to sell his yacht, butit was the start of a tense communication between the three that would end with Deppfiring both of his advisors. Depp went on the allege that his former managerscaused him to rack up more than $40 million in debt and to dispose of valuable assets,and that they talked him into high-interest loans that they didn't make payments on. They responded by claiming that Depp was irresponsible,prompting legal actions on both sides. In January 2017, Depp filed suit against TheManagement Group for mismanagement of his wealth and for defrauding him out of moneyduring the course of their duties, between 1999 and 2016. Depp claimed that the company siphoned some$28 million, and that they didn't pay his taxes on time. TMG countersued. If all of that wasn't bad enough, he's alsobeen sued by his former bodyguards for unpaid wages and unsafe work conditions. Thin but okay Johnny Depp appeared in two major films in2017 Murder on the Orient Express and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales andlined up a few more for 2018, including the Fantastic Beasts sequel, The Crimes of Grindelwald. Depp looked mostly like his youthful selfin those films, which was why fans were shocked when an odd picture of of the actor circulatedaround the internet in spring 2018, where he's posing with a fan in Russia, lookingghostly pale and skeletally thin. While Depp often drastically alters his appearancefor films, this sudden physical transformation still proved alarming, leaving fans wonderingwhy Depp was "looking so skinny," blaming everything from drug addiction to preparingfor a movie role. As it happens, it's probably for a film Deppis set to star in a dramedy called Richard Says Goodbye as a professor dying of a terminalillness. Depp obviously still has no trouble scoringpromising projects,
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